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By Tom Hinkel  |  In Hot Topics

FDIC Re-issues Service Provider Guidance

Originally released in 2001, the FDIC recently re-issued 3 publications related to managing outsourced relationships: Effective Practices for Selecting a Service Provider Tools to Manage Technology Providers’ Performance Risk: Service Level Agreements Techniques for Managing Multiple Service Providers What struck me about this re-release, and the fact that they were released without modification of any […]

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FFIEC Updates Technology Service Provider Guidance

Just posted, the new Booklet rescinds and replaces the previous one issued in March 2003, and is the first Booklet replacement since Retail Payment Systems in 2010.  In general this is not so much a complete re-write as a reinforcement of the importance the agency places on strong vendor management, which is a concept that […]

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The single most important vendor management control

Pop quiz…according to the FFIEC Handbook on Outsourcing Technology Services… “The ________ is the single most important control in the outsourcing process”: Initial due diligence process Review of third-party audit reports Contract Risk Assessment Vendor’s financial stability I’ve written before about the importance of the third-party review in the ongoing vendor management process (and how […]

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